Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170124
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '17 at 17:27
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 142 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 732 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.43 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.5% Good	Lighting 54.6 Reflection 156 Parallax 142 44% 117 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 147 Splatting 119 106% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 181GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3963 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 273 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 63 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 19 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2442393947	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 407 Mixed 421 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 49.2 190% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 41.3 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 117 101% 141 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 867 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15132924162
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 155 151 11216 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 934 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13096 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 886 (C2) HDA temperature 123 113 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	101% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 173 132% 175 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 3.11 4K Mixed 0.3 116% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 422GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 158 5050 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4446 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 30759 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3980 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 915 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4383 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	52.2% Above average	Read 93.1 Write 88.4 Mixed 88.9 68% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.3 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 62%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 131GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 163 2733 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13174 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37422 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5849 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 135 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.09 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 48%
WD WD740ADFD-00NLR1 74GB 1,081 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 131GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 165 2650 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13166 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5840 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	88.3% Excellent	Read 153 Write 154 Mixed 120 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.97 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.78 188% 1.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.6 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 27.1 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,671x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	311x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	250x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	525x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	254x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	246x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	197x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	172x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	125x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	183x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16